brutality that seem to plague various cities across the country. you've covered a number of these moments in our recent american history. and i guess i wonder if you think this is different in terms of us really taking a hard look at institutional failures around the criminal justice system. >> well, i think it was a piece of what we saw. i thinkering if had its own specific context. staten island and new york have its own context. people in the street were telling me that doesn't matter. they don't feel like asks, those are the people in control. and i had someone just say to me once you're blue you're blue. you're not black and white. that their interactions with police, the way they feel the police culture operates on them and they very much feel it operates on them as opposed to for them that's the perception. is that it doesn't really matter if the officer that's jacking someone up or yelling insults at

motivation of folks that propose trojan hours legislation mass circulating as legislation we know that various city agencies put time into regulations and are well tensions this process is far too complex we've heard from folks about the difficulties people face and people that make it through the face are rewarded with nos from the to your they need to collect i want to address a few quick issues on the question of affordability impacts we know that home sharing makes san francisco more affordable and trying to pant the picture is a dangerous ohio beneficial it is how we addressed the affordable my time is going you may have questions i'm concerned about proposals and having to chat about those proposal but thank you very much for your time. >> thank you very much i'm going to call more names (calling names). >> good afternoon commissioners i'm michael i'm a long time san franciscan and we've heard a lot today that made me think about the regulations on wall street and, in fact, we're talking about affordable housing he heard someone on the opposition refer to the citizens opted but the problem wi

looking at making sure that we have a city inner agency coordination strategy too between the various city agencies outlined in the box there, the planning department, rec park, oewd, mta, and again making sure that we have a city-wide discussion about all of these issues. i will point out that in the waterfront plan working group list of prospectives, community prospectives, we've added a few more beyond what we had in our staff report because we just were continuing to think about how to be as inclusive as possible. so we have added vision zero in particular as one perspectives that we want to bring, given that the water front is so pedestrian oriented and we have a number of transportation modes and access modes that we're trying to manage. again, we felt that in hind sight maybe we weren't reflecting the diversity of the various business groups that we have city-wide to make sure that we have representatives from the hispanic, african american, lgbt and asian chambers of commerce to be able to make sure that they have engagement on a number of the land use and business opportunities th

answer those are questions as well as provide the roll and partner has in this project we are various city departments and partner representatives here with us to help to answer any questions you may have they committed stephanie and jerome marvin willing la of the officer community infrastructure and to the redevelopment ocii has entered into public-private partnering with a private developer for the redevelopment of candle stick stadium and from lamar urban is here. >> in this presentation we'll briefly provide a demonstration of the timeline and staff will walk to our response to a letter from march 1 that captures the questions that we race thank you building inspection on march $18 million we'll be available for questions the commission may have at the end. >> demolition and project timeline this slide highlights the key millionaires to get us where we are today, the process to demolish candle stick stadium started in august of last year into lamar urban had a hazardous material inspection and pc bs were present in the stadium work to remove this in advance of the demolition began in

issues to address and we hope in conjunction with the board of supervisors to hold hearings so the various city departments can come and things exist that and the people of city and county of san francisco tell us what needs to done and also the kind of struck uferl issues they have confronted so we hope deeply to work with the board and the rest of the city -- >> supervisor cohen. >> thank you. just a quick clarifying question. could you define for us structural bias? >> i actually -- i can give you an explanation that someone that has been given. i think the naacp actually gave -- defines it as bias is legitimizing a a rare of dynamics and (paused). now racism isn't the only form of bias. obviously there is sexism and home phobia, all sorts of things and structural bias is the bias built into the way that we do business. it's been built into the kinds of resources that are available and to whom they are available and at what level and based on what requirements. things that look objective but really in practice discriminate against people and advantage certain people over others. >> thank you

isil targets in various cities from hit in nine air attacks. and in syria five airstrikes were carried out near the northern border town of kobane as well as hasaka. fighters from the islamic state in iraq and the levant have taken over more of the yarmouk camp just outside of damascus. the camp is home mainly to palestinian refugees who have been there since 1957. isil is thought to now control the majority of the area, and reportedly are being supported by fighters from the rival armed group al nusra front. stephanie dekker has more. >> reporter: it is a fight they're losing. the group has been fighting isil over the last few days in the yarmouk refugee camp and isil now controls most of it. in an unusual twist there are reports that isil fighters are being supported by the al-qaeda-affiliated al nusra front. these two groups do not like each other but it appears they're trying to take control in yarmouk. >> i was in an agreement made under the table between al nusra front and isil. many people people were shot. al nusra front released a stat

and we have revealing information about where people are seeking services and the way in which various cityncies are responding and i want to call up sergeant who is here from the special victim's unit of the police department and give him a chance to speak as well. >> thank you, good afternoon. and i am antonio with the special victim's unit and i am the acting officer in charge of the domestic violence portion, with the luxury that i have been with the domestic violence unit for approximately almost 14 years. and i have seen the growth, and i know as being part of the partnership that it is important that we continue this. so, this police department is totally in support of this and if you have any questions i would be free to take those. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> and you? >> thank you very much. >> all right. i think that is all for the department representatives and do we have more from the departments? any of the non-profit agencies will have to speak during the public comment just as a reminder. okay. all right. >> okay that is all of the department representatives, we can go on

so preliminary meetings have been taking place already within the various city groups. supervisor kim's office has already reached out to caltrans, a little more difficult in terms of coordinating there but they have also been reached out to supervisor kim's office as well. >> but they were not involved in these joint meetings? >> they were not involved, no. >> before you even begin deliberating i think it would be probably wietz to remind you this is one of those rare situations where 3 votes of the commissioners can overrule the department because your authority over this matter comes from the planning code and not from the charter. >> hopefully it's a little bit of humor, but mr. hester and i had much darker hair when we heard the first appeal of a proposition m allocation project. >> still had --. >> a little grayer. the discussion here, when you read the issues related to the office allocation related to the environmental review which is predicated upon the eastern neighborhood eir, are not the things that have been brought up by the apellant, they are related to t

too between the various city agencies outlined in the box there, the planning department, rec park, oewd, mta, and again making sure that we have a city-wide discussion about all of these issues. i will point out that in the waterfront plan working group list of prospectives, community prospectives, we've added a few more beyond what we had in our staff report because we just were continuing to think about how to be as inclusive as possible. so we have added vision zero in particular as one perspectives that we want to bring, given that the water front is

e protests in various cities baltimore philadelphia, washington d.c., cincinnati, keep it right here on fox business we'll hand you off to lou dobbs you are looking at philadelphia. lou: good evening, i am lou dobbs, demonstration tonight a number of cities, dep straighting over the -- demonstrates over the death of freddie gray, now you are looking at crowds in philadelphia and baltimore. they have been organized and responding in large number to activists to social media who call for these protests, baltimore, tonight remains in crisis and embattled mayor stephanie rawlins-blake today turned to the president's favorite representative on race. reverend al sharpton. in baltimore to lead a summit on improving police relations with the community. i suspect perhaps to deflect some of the criticism from the mayor. we'll take up the respond to the death of gray with former department of justice attorney christian adam, and also, escalating tension in middle east between a increase belowly provocative iran. and the u.s. u.s. navy announcing it is escorting american ships as they transit th

. >> in our global view segment we look at how various cities are reacting. the paper says the 19 members that make up the foreign relations committee are quote the most dangerous people in the world today. the paper goes on to say that in order to risk an armed stanoff in africa's sea lanes and a settlement of the two rising powers in their respective regions. >> the new york times looks at the history of the armenian genocide. use the word genocide when the white house marks the anniversary last week. they say obama reluctant to upset an important ally. >> and the powerful cartoon in this addition of le monde french political cartoonist plantout the cartoon shows a member on a shift we don't care or stronger words into a sea of drowning migrants. >> the 18th century french warship lermoin was once considered to be the jewel of the french army. carrying the marquis de lafayette. jonah hull has more. >> reporter: some volunteer crew members have little sailing experience. enthusiasm got them aboard and a taste for adventure. they're about to set sail on a rep

targets various cities including mosul and baiji, hit in nine attacks. five were carried out near the northern border town of kobani as well as the town of haskah. >>> fighters from islamic state of iraq and levant have taken over more of the yarmouk refugee camp. the camp is home to many refugees who have been there since 1957. i.s.i.l. controls most of the area and are supported from rival armed group al nusra front. stefanie dekker has more. >> reporter: it's a fight they are losing. the palestinian group has been fighting i.s.i.l. over the past few days in the yarmouk camp. i.s.i.l. controls most of it. in a twist, there's reports that i.s.i.l. fighters are supported by the al qaeda-affiliated al nusra front. they do not like each other. but it appears they are working toots to try to take control in yarmouk. . >> translation: it was an agreement under the table between al nusra front and i.s.i.l. many were shocked. al nusra front released a statement claiming they were neutral. in reality it is not true. they have several check points. i.s.i.l. came

we do have protests in various cities, baltimore, philadelphia, washington, d.c., cincinnati, keep itiness, we'll hand you off to lou dobbs, you are looking at philadelphia. lou: good evening, i am lou dobbs, demonstration tonight, a number of cities, dep straighting over the -- demonstrates over the death of freddie gray, now you are looking at crowds in philadelphia and baltimore. they have been organized and responding in large number to activists to social media who call for these protests, baltimore, tonight remains in crisis, and embattled mayor, stephanie rawlins-blake, today, turned to the president's favorite representative on race.

they got tips for improving the environment for various cities in delaware. taking a look live at citizens bank park today, the phillies will honor the earth in tonight's game against the marlins. included in the celebration is a chance to take a selfie of the phanatic just for earth day today. >>> robin christianson has been re-elected to his first full term. he won tuesday's mayoral race defeating carol ton kerry and retired school teacher george. christian san has been mayor since last june. he won a special election last april. >>> we've been telling you about this. want to show you this tree from another angle in westville, gloucester county. looks like it came as close to the house as it could get. it hit the house. look how it hit the roof on the corner. that's in new jersey. but here in philadelphia the rain once again is picking up britney. >> that's right. we've seen strong wind gusts with our isolated thunderstorms from this afternoon. peak wind gusts at philadelphia international airport up to 71 miles per hour. so it's no wonder we're starting to

. >>> a different kind of road rage as various cities get their annual scores on road quality. the survey shows that brentwood and dublin have streets in the best conditions with scores of 86 out of 100 points. san francisco roads got a score of 66 which is considered fair. oakland got a 59 putting its roads in the at-risk category. 40 was the lowest score for any bay area city and that designation goes to the marin county city of lexburg. >> during a time when every drop of water counts, south bay farmers are rethinking what they grow and even pulling up crops. nbc bay area's marianne favro says what one grass hill is doing to survive. >> reporter: because of the drought, fewer people are buying grass, which is why this farmer in morgan hill is pulling up some of his grass to plant bell peppers. for more than 45 years, grass farm garden accents in morgan hill has been growinged so from everyone from stanford university to pebble beach golf course. but after four years of drought, fewer people want to install lush lawns. and business is starting to dry up. >> the market place h

. >>> still to come various cities experiencing similar scenes of protests and violence but the lessons't seem to carry over. ahead, a look at how the city of ferguson missouri has faired over the last few months. ere below the 88th southern parallel. we had traveled for over 850 miles. my men driven nearly mad from starvation and frostbite. today we make history. >>bienvenidos! welcome to the south pole! if you're dora the explorer, you explore. it's what you do. >>what took you so long? if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance you switch to geico. it's what you do. >>you did it, yay! (music) boys? stop less. go more. the passat tdi clean diesel with up to 814 hwy miles per tank. just one reason volkswagen is the #1 selling diesel car brand in america. there is an ancient rhythm... [♪] that flows through all things... through rocky spires... [♪] and ocean's swell... [♪] the endless... stillness of green... [♪] and in the restless depths of human hearts... [♪] the voice of the wild within. >>> unfortunately the scenes of rioting and looting in baltimore this week loo

to talk about various cities.and so i've written this kind of episodic journey that i think gives you a snapshot into the fundamental economic challenges and changes of climate change and the points of tension in which the world is changing right now to the deal with this situation. >> yeah. and it's quite a journey too i highly -- highly recommend you take it. so you can see what we're -- we've got here today. we've got this amazing, diverse group of writers and books. and what i thought i'd do since the sort of overarching umbrella here is writing these big stories, we try to talk not so much about the specifics of the books now, but more about the process of what it's like to approach something like a "carbon shock" or a "deep down dark" as a writer and what is required to be able to get that story onto the page. so i think we'll just stick with this order, it seems to be working -- [laughter] with jeff. and the question i have for him is um how you were able as a friend of rob peace's after his death to come b

what do you make of the shootings in this country, all the news about the police and folks in various citiesms like there is a headline every day. guest: i think that there is a problem with the culture of policing in america. so, it is several fold. first of all, they are taught don't take any risks with your life. if you have any question at all shoot first, ask questions later. and that is systemic. it is throughout the country. i'm sorry, but cops are supposed to take a risk for the left. that is why they are heroes. it is like saying -- a fireman saying, what, are you crazy? i'm not going to run into that burning building. i know, but you are a fireman. so fireman do not say that because that is their jobs. so taking a risk with your life is the job. i can't have you shooting a 12-year-old in cleveland within two seconds of arriving. i can't have you shooting people within four seconds of arriving at i can't have you putting people in a choke hold and when they say you can't breathe -- they can't read, you don't treat them as human beings. you need to actually serve the community. let's

and what else can be done along with muni and all of the other agencies, and as well as the city and the various departments in the city and are looking at how do we just, and i mean that it is, i mean that it is effort by effort and it is not like one answer, but every little tactic that you can think of that can improve this and but i think that it will be very unfortunate if we can't get the employees to the place of work where most of the cities and that would just mean the decline and which will be unfortunate and i don't know the efforts and in terms of those who are studying, it, and those that are operating it and the solutions are. >> if i could present that and the survey results to the mta board and ed and then have sense met with julie about this specific issues and i think that they were quite surprised to see some of this information, and we just had a job fair that we hosted at the neighborhood center this past saturday and each though we doubled the market for the job fair we had half of the people last year and, we are continuing to look at this and we also, christensen and our

so you have a larger problem now in various parts of the city.hat are you doing about that and have you learned any lessons from san francisco? san francisco has been dealing with homelessness for years, and the numbers haven't declined by that much. >> something we've found successful that we're experiment experimenting with, a lot of these shelters have strict regulations, so a lot of the homeless population doesn't want to live in them. so we've been working having much more like a home environment and it's turning out really well. we're seeing incredible outcomes as far as moving people into permanent stable housing just by lifting the really punitive nature of a lot of the public shelters. >> we think about that encampment, we got 160 people housed out of that encampment, and in fact got vouchers in the hands of another 50 people. those multiple encampments throughout the city existed well before this encampment was broken up. what i focused on is how we can rapidly expand the number of units that are available for those who have vouchers, w

there were areas in various cities, and they were very important fronts for this issue.if you ask my opinion how it was governed, i would frankly say not in the most perfect manner. but it started. it didn't go as it should be going. this is why a new great responsible lady was appointed by his majesty to follow up, along with the observatory that was initiated for this purpose to make the follow-up in detail and to make this money be spent on virtual projects. it has taken also some energy and some work but the process is there, and the awareness is there. we have witnessed that there is an amalgamation of the facts. architecture is one of the factors. when you build cities or waters without playgrounds, without gardens, without green space this generates frustration. human need to be in proximity with beauty. as a matter of fact, this is the bottom-line of any religiosity beauty and happiness. some form of frustration, anger, it means it was not aligned in the proper way. this dimension that i mention of beauty -- the dimension of beauty is to allow a decent style of l

city. >> they are hunted down and targeted at various locations within the city.are in close contact with resistance fighters and we rid the city of voters. the coalition has been starting houthis and the allies. over the past two days the air strikes focussed on aden bombing rebels and the loyalists, approaching from the east and the north. the advance was a blow to the coalition, which waged an 8-day aerial campaign. >> the houthis have a right to be part of the process. we are not denying this. it opened the door for the houthis to participate in the yemeni political process. they cannot have heavy weapons outside the scope of the state. that is the situation that is not tolerable. the fighting left 500 dead, according to the u.n. aden accounted for 100 deaths. 1,700 have been injured. saudi arabia experienced its first catuality. the ministry says soldier were killed and others injured. as fighting between the two sides conditioned, al qaeda, and the arabian peninsula laid siege to the coastal city. and they freed about 300 inmates, looted the building and kil

can't afford housing will move into the in law unit and in general they add more housing for the city. various studies by uc berkeley and hud and aarp demonstrated these units are more affordable. as with the other legislation and cast row and seismic ret row fit in law legislation, this ledgeilation requires new units be created within the existing envoleopef the buildsing because the building can't beat expanded or made taller or wider for the new unit so whether that is a garage or basement above ground or large storage area, it has to be within the existing envolep oaf the building. colleagues this is a good piece of lechblg slaigz and it will build upon work that we already been doing. i hope that it expands into areas of the city outside district 8 and invite anyone colleagues to have a conversation with us about that. we got very strong support in every naird we raised this. in fact, after i introduced the cast row legislation i golt ininquiry from [inaudible] saying why are you not doing this in [inaudible] and now we are and other nairblds as well. i look forward to the legislation bl

has nothing to support any public observation to this matter of removing parking from the various parts of city that they're giving it to a so-called car sharing businesses say routing without any public input or public discussion is not routine it is going to cause environmental review and cause change in people's habit and i think that is a travesty you would try to pan this off as routine i ask for a full eir for the environmental review of the spots and what that dodos for people in parking because of it i've wanted to see a full hearing on this matter where people are free to object to any of the locations that are effected them and second thing classroom i'm distressed it you, your microphone can't be heard i had no idea on item 6 that is not a public meeting if the members of the panel can't be heard that's the purpose of a public hearing and i want to establish that is something that needs to be fixed in our future and current meeting thank you. >> members of the board questions or comments. >> i'm listing to approve there are a number of car sharing spots it's been certified so motion

this has devolved and the violence in this city there are at least a handful of fires burning in various locations around the city, cars have been set on fire, looting does continue at some locations some of that has now stopped butter there are a number of businesses here, more than a half dozen small pockets across the city have been looted, including a cvs, a large shopping mall not far from where we're standing right now a few blocks up that way, reports where people got in that mall, the mall was shut down because of concerns of violence, people went in there and began grabbing things off of shelves. there have been a number of injuries here, more than a dozen police officers hurt, in these altercations some of them suffered broken bones they had bottles and rocks thrown at them. riots and some have been arrested we don't have new numbers from baltimore city police department yet as to how many people have been taken into custody. for the most part, just a short time ago i walked down to the center of where some of where the rioting and looting has been taking place north avenue a l

very poor cross-checking in new york between the various counties and cities regarding the marriage licenses. that's what has enabled it to happen. that's what we need to fix. in the end it's a probation case. >> this is a probation case but could turn out worse. she could be facing four years in prison. is that long enough, does the punishment fit the crime? also, how much attention should be paid to this system that's clearly broken? >> well, as far as the marriage licensing system, perhaps that's broken but let's not forget the immigration system and actually receiving an immigration benefit based on marriage to a u.s. citizen is quite a sophisticated system. you can only petition for benefits after being actually married to a u.s. citizen, if your marriage is less than two years old you only receive conditional residency. you have to file numerous forms. you have to pass an in-person interview with highly trained federal authorities. so i think there might be more here than meets the eye as far as how much immigration benefits ultimately were received. the news indicates that a lot of th

there's a steady trickle of people going to the various voting places around the city. the way that this city has been managed in the past has been something that most people we talked to said has got to change. for example, there was a very critical report released in march by the united states justice department showing an institutionalized pattern of bias by the city government and the police force against black residents who were targeted with ticket fines, violations and then the city used the money approved through the fines to fill its coffers and meet its obligations. again, it was the poor black residents of the city that bore the brunt of that. many of those officials have been let go and in the police department there is no new chief, but the old chief has departed left under fire after the discovery of a series of blatantly racist emails between officers on the force and other city officials. a lot of people - what we hear from a lot of people in ferguson is they want to see change and a clean slate. it's not a question of black or white, but having competen

i was fortunate that the city at the time offered in-service training in various aspects of gardening. i took opportunities and was able to further my career. i know from personal experience how valuable a mentor is. mario de la torre guided me on how to best perform the responsibilities of this job. he continued to mentor and guide the me through my career as a union officer. not everyone has been fortunate as i have in having such a wonderful mentor. this job-training academy is a foundation to creating new career pathways and building confidence for successful career. it's a very important thing to myself, i am very interested in seeing the success of this program. i think it's important for these young people to be given the right direction in a career path offered career path. mr. president, i know that we have public comment and after at the appropriate time, i would like to make this motion. >> thank you, commissioner. let's move to public comment. >> okay. dan dillon, chris, joan valentine and linda. >> i am here on behalf of the pga tour an tpc manages harden park and we're a

city. >> they are being hunted down and targeted at various locations within the city.lose contact with popular resistence fighters and we will rid the city of both infiltrators. >> reporter: the coalition has been targeting the houthis and their allies, forces loyal to the hadi president set soar president saleh. over the past two days they are focused on yemen and approaching the city from east and the north. thursday's advance was a major blow to the coalition which has waged an eight-day aerial campaign. >> the houthis have a right to be part of the political process in yemen and we are not denying this. in fact that was it the g.c.c. initiative that opened the door for the houthi to his participate in the yemeni political process. theythey cannot be a militia, they cannot have heavy weapons outside the scope of the state. that's the situation not tolerable. >> reporter: but the fighting has left 500 dead accord to this u.n. aden alone has accounted for more than 100 deaths. a further 1,700 have been injured. saudi arabia has also experienced its first casualty sinc

various cities and very important facts were mobilized for this issue. if you're asking my opinion how was it governed, i would say not in the most perfect manner or way, but it started, and now we're aware that they didn't go as it should be going and this is why a new great responsible lady was appointed last night to follow up this, along with an observatory but was initiated for this purpose to make a follow up in details and to make this money be spent on some virtual projects. it is taking an awful lot of energy but the process is there and the awareness is there, too. we have witnessed that there is an organization. architecture is one of the fastest when we to build cities or -- without playgrounds without gardens, with a green spot. this generates frustration. humans need to be in proximity with the beauty. of the medevac this is the bottom line of any rigidity beauty and happiness. there some religion or from other rigidity is a generated frustration, and this means simply that it was not understood in the right, popular way. so this dimension

you talk about 100,000 people trying to get out of various cities, avoid some of these areas where theseunicef today has come out and said so far in the fighting since the end of march about 74 children, children alone have been killed. now, there is a mass evacuation effort to try and get out of yemen. thousands of foreign nationals. as you mentioned india's been leading the charge on that. they actually coordinated with the saudi air force to try and allow an air india plane to land in sanaa so they can evacuate hundreds of their nationals. but it's not just the indians. there are american yemeni citizens believed to be inside yemen trying to get out. but because of the fighting, because of the heavy shelling and the houthi rebels laying siege to the city of aden it's impossible to get in and out and people to the ports where they can get on boats and evacuate out of the country. overall it is a dire humanitarian situation with a lot of aid organizations saying that not only the major cities but across the country the infrastructure's collapsing and there's a short supply of medicines

in terms of how i identify the various communities in the city, we do it in a way that is probably much less intrusive than the concerns that some members of the community had about the able to ifs of the department in 2014. that's where our community service officers, our precinct commanders, they know the communities in their presicts. they know who live there, where places of worship are, where school are. that's what they are supposed to know. they are police officers and they are suppose to know with. >> looking towards the future, you said that in addition to race. that matters were escalateingand many are visiting us, and once again at the forefront is america's police forces. do you think we'll see crime worsening? not in this city, and we are not seeing it in america. crime is down. what we are seeing worsening or maybe it's more visible, that it was beneath the surface, and event in ferguson, event here in new york and elsewhere exacerbated it and brought to the forefront. is that there is a tension in this country around the issue of race, it's an historical legacy of slavery